Floating toy



Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

UNITEDSTATES ALBERT C. MOSS, OF NEW YORK, I\T.. Y.

FLOATING TOY. r

Application fueda' rii 17,1923. Serial in. 632,633.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT C. Moss, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, hav invented a new and useful Improvement in Floating Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a toy for the use of children, which will resemble a boat house or the like and which will be provided with means for supporting it on the water. It may if desired be used to house other small floating toys and it provides a novel and interesting form of toy of strong and unbreakable construction.

With these objects, and other objects which may hereinafter appear, in view, I have devised the particular arrangementof parts hereinafter set forth and more .par ticularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved floating toy, with one of the doors in open position,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, as shown in the accompanying drawing, I have shown an enclosure or body having a front 1, a back 2 and sides 3. The enclosure or body is open at the bottom so that when any small floating toys are placed within the house or body they will rest directly upon the water.

The house is shown as provided with a slanting roof 4 which is removable to permit any floating toys to be placed within the body of the house or removed therefrom when desired. The roof 4 is arranged to slide on or off of the body, and said roof is provided at its sid edges with inturned flanges 5 which extend under outwardly bent flanges 6 on the upper edges of the sides 3 of the body. This arrangement permits the roof to be slid freely on and off the body, and the sliding movement of the roof on the'body is restricted by'a flange on the front edgeof the roof which, when the roof is in its closedpo'sition on the body, abuts against anoutwardly projecting flange 8 on the upper end of the front wall 1 of the body.

The roof is provided with a boss 9 at its front edge for the reception of a flaglO or the like.

The front 1 of the body is provided with a pair of openings 11 to enable toys to be moved in and out of the house and to cover said openings I provide a pair of hinged doors which may be opened and closed when desired and which may be held in closed position by means of a door clasp 18.

If desired windows 14 may be placed in or painted upon the front 1 of the body or in other parts of the body.

The lower ends of the sides 3 of the body are secured to pontoons or floats which are spaced apart so that floating toys may be moved in and out of the house through the openings 11 in the body. These floats 15 are preferably hollow, air-filled chambers of suflicient capacity to float the toy upon the water, or if desired they may be made of wood or the like. The body of the house is internally braced by beams 16 and 17 the beam 16 extending longitudinally of the body to divide the same into two chambers to separate the floating toys which may be placed inside of the body.

The nature of the toy is such that it may be made of metal if desired. The design of the body and floats may be changed in many particulars,and the front doors 12 may be sliding doors instead of hinged doors, and

many other changes in construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, claim is 1. A toy comprising a body representing a house, a removable roof thereon, front openings in said body, doors for covering said openings, floats for supporting the toy upon the water, and the bottom of said house located between the floats openlng directly on the water, whereby objects can rest upon the water and be retained within said house.

2. A toy comprising a body representing a boat house, a pair of spaced floats secured to opposite sides of the house at the lower ends of said sides leaving an open space bewhat I tween said'fioats opening directly upon the Water whereby articles placed Within the house may rest directly on the Water, a front opening in said house, a door for covering 6 said opening and a removable roof on the 1 toy house, 'airooii' thereover adapted to slide on and off the body and providing a means -for placing articles Within the body and directly upon the water, a pair ofspaced floats for supporting the body upon the Water, front openings in the body located between t'hevfloats and adapted to provide means through which articles placed directly upon the Water and within the house may be removed and movable doors for covering'said openings.

Signed at the city, county and State of N eW York, this 13th day of April, 1923.

ALBERT C. MOSS. 

